Bitcoin has high fees too specially if you would transfer a small amount. I think there is almost no difference when it comes to fees now.

No matter how we wish that banks would disappear, I think they will always be there. It is not just the money that is in the bank, the people that are operating it  are not just ordinary businessman, they are knowledgeable on what they are doing,so I think they can cope up in the future.

How will we do that? It's very hard specially today that it is the most common thing a teen do so they could kill their time when they are bored. I think keeping them busy at school or enroll them to a tutorial, like those talent enhancing seminars/tutorials.

Without an alternative, I think we can't keep them away from this video games, unless we would force them to stop which I think is not a good idea. It should be done slowly while diverting them to something they might like sooner or later.

I agree with you both. As long as you didn't cross your limit, everything is fine. But since it is gambling, winning all the time is not possible, there will always be some time when you don't win. Again, it's fine, as long as you are not using the money that is supposed to be for other important things in life.

Discipline is the key so you won't waste money in gambling whether you gamble with fiat or bitcoin.

That is why we need a language where we can all talk, otherwise we will be like dogs and cats when we are talking, or like deaf and dumb, just pointing on something so we could agree or disagree.

Just take a look at this forum, lots of locals but we could understand each other in the main board because we are all talking in English. If you don't do the same, no one can understand you.

That's true. Besides, who will use bitcoin in retail stores when you have to pay the transaction fee with almost same or more than the amount that you are going to buy. I would only believe that bitcoin will wipe out paper money when there is a subsidy from the government( they would shoulder the transaction fees  each time we use bitcoin in real life ).

Paper money is more convenient and I think a digital form of it might come true before the government will consider bitcoin. I still believe that paper money will live maybe even after most of us are already gone.

Happiness is when your loved ones are happy too, now if they are not happy because they don't have money for their food, isn't it going to make you sad too? or you could be happy but alone? In that case, I think money can buy happiness.

This days, most of the things that could make you happy can be bought especially if you are alone in your life. When you are living along with family member who needs money, you can give them money so they can be happy.

In real life, our reputation will be ruined if are a gambler and we have a lot of debt and we have too many unfed mouths. But if you are not like that, then never feel ashamed about your gambling habit.

Some gamblers I think can't feel anything, even if you tell them that "hey, your sons and daughters are not yet eating and yet you have a money for your vice". That thing should be shameful, but an addict never feel that, they are numb or just want to ignore.

What if what makes your family happy is money? So you can't give their happiness because you don't have money, and because of that, you will be unhappy too.

Life is really a choice, once you made a wrong choice, make it right, accept it and be happy of what you've choose. Otherwise you'll be frustrated your whole life just because of a single mistake.

Actually OP is amazing, he realize his faults and want to go straight now. I don't see many gamblers doing the same if they are at that point, where they taste to win more than 1 BTC in few hours, that's addicting IMO if I experience that for sure I won't stop too.

OP should just focus on his programming skills, I'm sure that it would bring him fortune in the future, just enough to gain what was lost because of gambling.

Just because they are like that they don't deserve education? That's wrong, we should give them chance to atleast express and enhance themselves. They are human too who has dreams for their future. Who knows, some of them are much better than us in terms of talent.

Here's a question, in the future we will have our own family, what if one of them is special child while you are expecting a smart kid?

Actually for me, when I was still going to cockpit arena, I was also following those superstition, like I don't want to bet on rooster color that was all dead in a row.  I think it's normal when you are not in ther internet, most of the people in real life gambling has superstition, some even are wearing amulet.

But in online gambling and today, no I am not believing that anymore, maybe even if I go to those casinos, I won't be following any superstitions.

It's not like that, even if you are educated, you will still have many children if you don't have any discipline in your body.

Aside from poor education, I think lack of job opportunity is what's causing poverty. Mostly those people who don't have a job  have more time to do romantic things and end up in unplanned pregnancy, they should be busy enough to avoid doing it.

There are people who really have that attitude long before. Mostly are trying to be honest, but in the end, they will realize that it's not returning anything, so they would just do what everyone is doing.

Actually, this dishonest people won't do what they are doing if you won't give them a chance.

In terms of safety, I think bank is still safer in keeping your money, they are insured and accessible once you need it. While in bitcoin you need to convert it to fiat when you need it, paying the transaction fees.

I would not advise turning all of your cash into bitcoin, it's a bit of a hassle when you need it, except if you can use bitcoin as it is in where you are.

It depends, but most of the time it is illegal. Authorities are always searching on where this online gamblings are operating. Sometimes they are shady, no permits and considered as illegal so government would really sue them. That means it includes bitcoin gambling, (who knows which one really operates with complete papers)

Maybe it is all because of tax.

If a gambler becomes annoying, because of his change of behavior( because of gambling, eg. he keeps on talking about his winning and the excitement he gets everytime he gamble,) then gambling is not good for him.

Only the legal ones and most probably just the land based casinos. Online casinos might pay in their country of origin. Online casinos don't employ, except those devs.

It has nothing to do with the government system. It's all about the leadership. If the government has democracy and yet the leader is corrupt, nothing will happen, it would just end up in people exercising their rights and ousting the leader, but the bad side of this is that this people can be used by some crooks to push thru their agenda.

While in dictatorship sometimes the leader is too harsh, making himself more like a king. The result of this depends on the leader too, if they are corrupt then their  citizens would suffer, but when the ruler is good, then  no one would even think that they havea dictatorial government.

Wait, I don't understand, did the main TV news program said that bitcoin is banned? or it will in the future?

If it is not yet banned, then why worry? there is still a chance. Who knows, your government might came up with a ruling that it won't be banned,  and just regulate the use of it.

Your parents are just concerned about you, and probably their knowledge about computer and internet is now outdated. You need to explain to them very well.


Just google it, you can find many good articles about bitcoin, just don't let your parents believe the tv as most of it are just one sided.

This has been happening eversince. Check the history, fight between them is inevitable. They are both religion that wants to be considered as "the one". It's either one is more powerful that they can kill the other religion (people, soldiers).


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Honestly, if you keep on thinking about religion and their fights and why they are fighting, you would just go crazy, just let it be and never think about Gods or whatever heavenly thing that would make you think that they are twinkling eyes, or go to a cave and smell some ether and do the same for the sake of religion.

religions would just confuse you if you "religiously" follow what was written.

I myself is doing that before, but lately, when I stopped trading, I started to just watch the price once each day then look at the chart then go out. Not that important me since I am now working in real life and I can't trade anymore, and my schedule at work is irregular so I have to sleep each time I can.

But sometimes, I can't help it, so  I take a look at the price specially when everything is brewing up in Speculation section.